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Governing International Watercourses: River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes
ISBN: 9780415623582 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text focuses on river basin organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all river basin organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents.
This text focuses on river basin organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparativ...
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728,68 |
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Rivers of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780975503751 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The voyage will carry you out of yourself and back home to your own river, your own story, your own roll to Eternity." The rivers of Kentucky rise in her mountains and flow irresistibly to the sea. Travel these rivers with David and Lalie Dick as they journey across Kentucky, and meet the men and women who call these waters home. Whether you put in your canoe on the wild waters of Rockcastle, or join the crew for a hearty breakfast on a fogbound Ohio River towboat, or trace the Echo and Styx in the mysterious depths of Mammoth Cave, the rivers of Kentucky will draw you into their spell, for...
"The voyage will carry you out of yourself and back home to your own river, your own story, your own roll to Eternity." The rivers of Kentucky rise in...
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75,83 |
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Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Rivers, Revise and Updated
ISBN: 9781933272337 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,43 |
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Guide to the Chattooga River: A Comprehensive Guide to the River and Its Natural and Human History
ISBN: 9780897320047 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1974 the Chattooga River became the first river East of the Mississippi to be included in the National Wild and Scenic River System. It was included because it was a clean, free-flowing mountain stream located in a relatively undeveloped mountain environment. Forming part of the Georgia-South Carolina Border, the Chattooga is the only free-flowing portion of the Savannah River System. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the river including the topography, physiography and geology, weather and climate, human history, plant life, wildlife, and recreation opportunities.
In 1974 the Chattooga River became the first river East of the Mississippi to be included in the National Wild and Scenic River System. It was includ...
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37,82 |
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Down the Wild Cape Fear : A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina
ISBN: 9781469602073 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island. Accompanying the author by canoe and powerboat are a cadre of people passionate about the river, among them a river guide, a photographer, a biologist, a river keeper, and a boat captain. Historical voices also lend their wisdom to our understanding of this river, which has been a main artery of...
In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guid...
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126,25 |
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Mapa - Wielkie Jeziora Mazurskie 1:75000
ISBN: 9788374276603 / Polski / Plastikowa Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mapa turystyczna w skali 1:77 000
Zawiera: informator krajoznawczy: - dla wodniaków, turystów pieszych, rowerowych i zmotoryzowanych - rezerwaty przyrody Mapa turystyczna w skali 1:77 000
Zawiera: informator krajoznawczy: - dla wodniaków, turystów pieszych, rowerowych i zmotoryzowanyc... |
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13,37 |
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The Majestic Columbia River Gorge: A Journey Treasured Throughout Time
ISBN: 9781479758821 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,78 |
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The Majestic Columbia River Gorge: A Journey Treasured Throughout Time
ISBN: 9781479758838 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,63 |
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Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley
ISBN: 9781935978404 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cacapon and Lost Rivers are located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia s eastern panhandle. Well loved by paddlers and anglers, these American Heritage Rivers are surrounded by a lush valley of wildlife and flora that is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Although still rural and mostly forested, development and land fragmentation in the Cacapon and Lost River Valley have increased over the last decades."Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley"is a conversation between the people of this Valley and their land, chronicling this community s... The Cacapon and Lost Rivers are located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia s eastern panhandle. Well loved by paddlers and anglers, these A...
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101,97 |
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Wasting the Rain : Rivers, People and Planning in Africa
ISBN: 9780415718721 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa. Adams argues that the best hope of productive development lies in working and engaging with local people and using local knowledge of the environment effectively. Modern, large-scale developments that have largely been ineffective are examined, and emphasis is placed on the importance of using the skills and concerns of those affected, such as small farmers, to develop ingenious water projects an approach that can be applied worldwide.... First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in A... |
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451,73 |
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Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist's Odyssey Along the Big Thicket's Snow River
ISBN: 9781574415353 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Geraldine Watson's father was a teenager around the turn of the last century, he spent a summer floating down the Neches River, called Snow River by the Indians. Watson grew up hearing his tales of the steamboats, log rafts, and the flora and fauna of East Texas. So when she was sixty-three years old, she decided to repeat his odyssey in her own backwater boat.
"Reflections on the Neches" is both the story of her journey retracing her father's steps and a natural and social history of the Neches region of the Big Thicket. The Neches, one of the last "wild" rivers in Texas, is now... When Geraldine Watson's father was a teenager around the turn of the last century, he spent a summer floating down the Neches River, called Snow River...
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97,10 |
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The Allagash
ISBN: 9780892725151 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,63 |
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Meander Scars: Reflections on Healing the Willamette River
ISBN: 9780870717260 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abby Phillips Metzger s book of personal stories recounts a forgotten Oregon river, the Willamette, as it was before white settlement. Once a rich network of channels and sloughs, the Willamette today bears the scars of development and degradation.
Yet, through canoe trips and intimate explorations of the river, Metzger discovers glints of resiliency: a beaver trolling through a slough, native fish in quiet backwaters, and strong currents that carry undertones of the wild Willamette. Together with tales from farmers and scientists alike, these experiences lead Metzger to ask whether... Abby Phillips Metzger s book of personal stories recounts a forgotten Oregon river, the Willamette, as it was before white settlement. Once a rich net...
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72,82 |
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How to Fish
ISBN: 9780141024028 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celebrating the joys of fishing, this work is about contentment, calm and solitude, rivers and river banks, losing track of time and, of course, the fish themselves. It is also an insight into a life spent getting up at the crack of dawn and, armed with rod and line, and heading for water.
Celebrating the joys of fishing, this work is about contentment, calm and solitude, rivers and river banks, losing track of time and, of course, the f...
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81,76 |
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River Channel Management: Towards Sustainable Catchment Hydrosystems
ISBN: 9780340759691 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. River Channel Management is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multi-disciplinary nature of river channel management in relation to modern management techniques that bear the background of the entire drainage basin in mind, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable.
River Channel Management is divided into five sections: A.The Introduction outlines the need for river channel management . A.Retrospective Review offers an overview of twentieth... River Channel Management is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multi-discipli...
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223,41 |
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The Historic Thames: A Portrait of England's Greatest River
ISBN: 9781845117122 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Thames lies at the very heart of London and the south of England--both physically and metaphorically--and this engaging and personal portrait offers a perfect introduction to the river's many charms. Hilaire Belloc is justly famous for his wonderful and mischievous Cautionary Tales which in recent years have over-shadowed his other significant achievements as a writer. The Historic Thames redresses this balance, offering a personal and warm view of the river Thames in the early twentieth century. Following the Thames two hundred miles upriver through London... The Thames lies at the very heart of London and the south of England--both physically and metaphorically--and this engaging and personal portrait o... |
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102,22 |
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Discovering the River Tamar
ISBN: 9781848688667 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 50-mile stretch of the River Tamar forms a unique county boundary between the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The Tamar's source is East Youlstone near Bude less than 4 miles from the north Cornish coast. But instead of flowing northward into the Atlantic Ocean it flows slowly south. through reed-fringed mudscapes passing the towns of Launceston, Gunnislake, and Saltash before widening out and eventually meeting the English Channel at Plymouth Sound. In the sound the river merges with the rivers Tavy, Plym and Lynher to form the Tamar Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The...
The 50-mile stretch of the River Tamar forms a unique county boundary between the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The Tamar's source is East Youlstone...
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80,47 |
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Climate Change and Agriculture in India: Studies from Selected River Basins
ISBN: 9780415735995 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It, "first," makes a quantitative assessment of how climate change affects agricultural and food production systems; "second," predicts how these systems may respond to climate change; and "third," suggests adaptation measures and strategies to improve the income of farmers, increase production, save water and conserve environment.The work will be greatly useful to policy-makers, researchers and teachers of agricultural economics, environmental studies and economics and... This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It, "first," makes a quant... |
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437,16 |
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Cache Creek: A Trailguide to Jackson Hole's Backyard Wilderness
ISBN: 9781944986025 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Did you ever wonder...
If so, this book is your go-to resource. Five minutes from the hubbub of Jackson's town square, Cache Creek offers the chance to immerse ourselves in wild nature. It's a place where you can see how the world works, and Cache Creek: A Trailside Guide to Jackson Hole's Backyard Wilderness shares some of the ways you can... Did you ever wonder...
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89,19 |
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Los Angeles River
ISBN: 9781531628772 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries, the Los Angeles River was unpredictable-- prone to flooding, a raging torrent during rare Southern California rains, and just a trickle and marshlands the rest of the year. To tame it, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers walled in the river just before World War II. Decades later, roadside signs that proclaimed "Los Angeles River" prodded the question: How can this cement drain, strewn with trash and abandoned refrigerators, be considered a river? Abused through the 20th century, the L.A. River is amid a comeback thanks to the Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) and local...
For centuries, the Los Angeles River was unpredictable-- prone to flooding, a raging torrent during rare Southern California rains, and just a trickle...
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121,59 |
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